Best Small City for Skiing/biking/getting outside

[TAFKALVS]

Northern Idaho is a scary political wasteland. It’s sad that just across the border are some awesome little Canadian towns with legal weed and good skiing, while the ID panhandle is firmly Trump’s America.


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This is so true. I hear they guzzle soda by the gallon, build ramshackle shit with no permit and hate outsiders.

[smmokan]

No income tax in WA may be enough reason for Spokane.

Income tax is like 4-5%, depending on where you live... that's an awful small amount of money to live somewhere you really don't want to live.

[TAFKALVS]

Income tax is like 4-5%, depending on where you live... that's an awful small amount of money to live somewhere you really don't want to live.

property tax is WAY lower in Idaho though. From my calculation it's a wash and if you're in a lower income bracket you end up saving quite a bit.

[PeachesNCream]

Northern Idaho is a scary political wasteland. It’s sad that just across the border are some awesome little Canadian towns with legal weed and good skiing, while the ID panhandle is firmly Trump’s America.


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This is so true. I hear they guzzle soda by the gallon, build ramshackle shit with no permit and hate outsiders.

Also a hub for the KKK, no joke. Somehow that still exists

[tmokes]

So if the OP or me was to find a place in Spokane, where is the best area? I’m currently in south hill but pondering Mead area...


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[mooseknuckles]

To add, the homeless have never impacted my skiing, biking, lake access or anything else along those lines. They really don't impact me in any way other than when parking to go and eat ceviche at Zona Blanca.

FIFY

Northern Idaho is a scary wasteland.

This is so true. I hear they guzzle soda by the gallon, build ramshackle shit with no permit and hate outsiders.

and roll coal. absolute heathens

Also a hub for the KKK, no joke. Somehow that still exists

N. Idaho is surreal

[2FUNKY]

Also a hub for the KKK, no joke. Somehow that still exists

Yup, tell yer friends.

[Bdog325]

Also a hub for the KKK, no joke. Somehow that still exists

Disbanded a few years ago before my time. Not an issue any more

While a lot of people in this region support trump, myself included, I would also say that a lot of people up here are conservative. Partially due to the fact that we have a heavy logging and mining industry in the area in the past and still today. Now it's slowly changing because we are getting so many Californians and Seattle folk that are pissed off with the dumb shit their local govt is doing. You can piss on trump and I'll do the same to democrats.

[GoldMember]

^^ Please, don't turn this into Poly Ass. There's people of all political stripes around.

[toast2266]

Northern Idaho is about as conservative as it gets in western mountainous locations. But if you refuse to live somewhere because you have political differences with your neighbors, then maybe you need to expand your horizons a bit.

[AK47bp]

Yea but you can totally go blackface for Halloween.

So there’s that.

[Parvo]

Wallace, ID.
Close to great skiing, amazing touring, superb biking, rivers, lakes, montucky. Homes are relatively cheap. I lived in the Silver Valley for a few years and made life-long friends. If you ski and bike you'll meet the most stellar crew of people who get after it.

[Meadow Skipper]

...if you refuse to live somewhere because you have political differences with your neighbors, then maybe you need to expand your horizons a bit.

Or accept that you might want to live somewhere else because there are some people you don’t want to be around.

[Chugachjed]

Or accept that you might want to live somewhere else because there are some people you don’t want to be around.

Word.

[RootSkier]

While a lot of people in this region support trump, myself included, I would also say that a lot of people up here are conservative.

[stuckathuntermtn]

I'd say Missoula, but OP is clearly Rutland material.

[DBdude]

I wonder if OP has considered the thriving skiers paradise of Killington, VT

Truer words were never said

Rutland is a workers paradise

Also good trout fishing with in two hours drive


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[DBdude]

property tax is WAY lower in Idaho though. From my calculation it's a wash and if you're in a lower income bracket you end up saving quite a bit.

Always something I shoot for is being in a low income bracket


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[TAFKALVS]

Always something I shoot for is being in a low income bracket


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From what I saw on 300k house, you save about $2000 a year in property taxes compared to my county in Washington.

If you are in the boat of <100k a year = probably money saved.

Above that it's a wash for a while.

But it's all vague because it's largely dependent on how much you make vs. how expensive of a house you buy.

I guess we're all dental surgeons here, so it's probably prudent to live in Washington and work in Idaho.

[donutlynx]

No one has said Ashland, OR?

Seems to hit everything OP wants minus the world class skiing. Still have a fun little hill in town, Shasta 90 mins away, bachelor a couple hours away. Just stay away from medford and enjoy the awesome MTB, rivers, and lakes.

Virtually no snow, no skiing, too hot in the summer, too smokey in the summer, no jobs, all the mtb trails are inundated with mean old people and their off-leash dogs so you can barely even ride 8 mph downhill, too crowded, no water in the lakes, too much rain in the winter, too much patchouli, housing is too expensive and the taxes are way too high, too many script kitties, too many runners on the trails, menacing transient deer and are overrunning the town, too many dreadlocks, cougars on meth are everywhere waiting to pounce (AND they'll break into your house to cat-nap on the sofa), and the black bears are the most aggressive of anywhere - they will tackle you on the walk home and eat your take-out, no questions asked. The city is governed by Bill Shakespeare's family trust and they've recently announced the annexation of Ashland, Talent, and Phoenix to the Medford city limits. Other than that, it is an okay place to start dying, I guess.

I heard Bend sounds nice.

[t-the-east]

I'd say Missoula, but OP is clearly Rutland material.

Isn’t Missoula like a 5 Costco town now? I used to live there back in the day when it only had one. Good times.

[Meadow Skipper]

Isn’t Missoula like a 5 Costco town now? I used to live there back in the day when it only had one. Good times.

That reminds me, Santa Fe has no - 0, zip, nunca, nada, nur - Costcos.

Bend sounds nice.

[skinipenem]

Everyone loves bend. Weird.

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[romeo tango]

Virtually no snow, no skiing, too hot in the summer, too smokey ....

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skied MtA 15 years,
everything NO says is true ....

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[idahospud]

Canada


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Corner Brook, Newfoundland is the answer.

Rutland is a workers paradise

Also good trout fishing with in two hours drive

Two? C'mon, maybe an hour. Sure, there's the Battenkill if you want to drive further and fish with all your closest friends, but the White River is really the ticket. Except for the Third Branch, maybe, unless manure is your thing.